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Lady Vols hoping to stop Filley, Tigers Jessica Landefeld Contributor

After taking a tough 0-3 loss to the No.1-ranked Florida Gators on Sunday, the Tennessee women’s volleyball team is preparing to take on the Auburn Tigers this Thursday in Alabama.

Due to the tightness of the Lady Vols’ dropped sets (23-25, 19-25, 20-25) in their last loss, Tennessee is preparing even more strenuously for the Tigers.

After losing to Auburn 3-2 (22-25, 25-19, 18-25, 27-25, 11-15) earlier in the season, the Lady Vols are ready to redeem themselves.

Head coach Rob Patrick believes that his team will be able to take the lessons they learned in the Florida match and apply them against the Tigers.

“We did some really good things against Florida,” Patrick said. “I think if we can carry that over it will put us in a really good situation against Auburn.”

Auburn has presented a challenge for the Lady Vols as well as many other SEC teams they have played throughout the season, such as Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia.

One huge factor that has consistently benefitted the Tigers throughout the season is their starting setter, Alexa Filley. Filley is a senior from Louisville, Kentucky, and she has dominated in her position at Auburn.

Filley has collected various awards during her time as a Tiger, such as being named to the 2014 War Eagle Invitational All-Tournament Team (MVP) and 2016 Auburn Invitational All-Tournament Team and garnering 2016

All-SEC and 2016 AVCA All-South Region Honorable Mention honors.

In respect of the challenge Filley brings to the court, the Lady Vols have attempted to prepare for her.

“She is what we call an offensive hitter, where she not only sets her hitters really well but attacks the ball,” Patrick said. “We have to be able to defend both of those things.

“She is their emotional leader. If we can get them out of (their) system, where she is not setting them and we make her play the first ball, I think they become a little bit less of an offensive threat.”

Tennessee is bringing some standout players of its own to Auburn, though.

One such player is Sedona Hansen, a sophomore from Wrightwood, California, who is looking for her tenth double-double of the season and hopes to help her team pull out a win against the Tigers.

“We’ve already played Auburn one time, and it was a hard-fought match as well, so we feel like we really know what we’re up against this time,” Hansen said.

Both the coaches and the players know the importance of defense during the Auburn game, especially when facing players like Filley.

Hansen believes the team is well prepared to handle the Tiger offense.

“We’ve been doing a lot more defensive, like blocking-wise, and tougher serves,” Hansen said. “We just take it one win at a time, so whoever our next opponent is, that’s just the main focus. By the end of the season, we want to come up with a couple more wins for our group.”

The match will be broadcast on SEC Network+ at 8 p.m.

Photo: Keyton Kinley, #0, during the game against Florida at ThompsonBoling Arena on Nov. 5, 2017.

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Guest speaker to address Islamophobia Natalia Capella Contributor

The I-House and UT Honors and Scholars Program will work in conjunction to host a guest speaker next Tuesday, at 5:30 p.m. in the Howard Baker Center’s Toyota Auditorium.

Amer F. Ahmed is set to deliver his presentation, titled “Addressing Islamophobia: Dispelling myths to break down barriers,” is a featured event in I-House’s International Education Week (IEW) and will be free to the public.

IEW was created to promote programs that prepare American students for the global environment so they can engage across international borders.

An Ohio native born to Muslim Indian immigrants, Ahmed is a faculty member at the Institute for Democratic Education and served as the director of intercultural teaching and faculty development at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Ahmed is a well-known keynote speaker, and he frequently combines social justice with diversity and inclusion in his lectures, discussing important and relevant topics with his audiences.

During the lecture, members of the I-House said Ahmed will discuss Islam and how it fits with other world religions. “(Ahmed) is going to be talking about the Islamic religion and Islamophobia and some common misconceptions about the religion,”

said Gattanna Andrade, I-House assistant and student in linguistics and political science. “He is also going to be talking about Islam as it compares to other world religions.”

I-House coordinator Lauren Jacobs said that Ahmed will seek to dispel myths about the religion through this comparison.

“He is going to be hitting on the similarities between world religions and Islam,” Jacobs said.

“And that’s his approach to dispelling myths about Islam being different or scary — by showing what a lot of world religions have Courtesy of the International House in common.” conducted a survey which asked what events Jacobs said the speaker was chosen by student request. Students and students would like to see. The results demgraduate assistants submitted ideas they had onstrated that some students would like to for people they would like to see make an see discussions on religious diversity and appearance on campus, and Ahmed was one Islamophobia.

“This event is part of the International of the suggested speakers who was also highly Education Week, which is a Department of recommended by other universities.

“There’s a ton of both international and State and Department of Education initiative to domestic students that practice this religion,” celebrate cultures and diverse education across Andrade said. “And I think there are a lot of the world,” Jacobs said. “We thought this was a students who have misconceptions surrounding good opportunity to not only have some celebration of international education but to also have the religion.”

The Center for Student Engagement also other educational pieces as well.”

McClung Museum holds drop-off for Toys for Tots Gabriela Szymanowska Senior Staff Writer

McClung Museum has partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve to serve as a dropoff location on campus for this year’s Toys for Tots during November.

The museum will offer the only drop-off box on campus in its lobby near the museum store for the month for those who would like to donate a gift. Gifts are also available to purchase at the museum store and include books, puzzles, stocking stuffers, stuffed toys, jewelry and educational games.

“In addition to being a drop-off location, we also have some promotions with our museum store and made sure to keep in stock some special holiday items that would be things that Toys for Tots is looking for (as) some of their gift items,” Stacy Palado, associate director of external relations, said.

Palado explained that when people purchase gifts through the store, their names will be

entered in a drawing. The drawing is taking place to show appreciation to those who have donated, and the winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to use in the museum shop.

Lecy Campbell, the store manager of the McClung Museum gift shop, explained that she handpicked the toys for the shop so that they would be fun and educational.

“I have been working all fall on finding a fun selection of reasonably priced items for the holidays, so it’s going to be a great place to do your holiday shopping,” Campbell said.

The Toys for Tots Foundation was created in 1947 by Major William Hendricks, director of public relations for the Warner Brothers Studio, and members from his Marine Corps unit; they collected 5,000 toys the first year to distribute to local children. Now, 70 years later, the foundation continues aiming to help less fortunate children celebrate the holidays.

The foundation’s goal is to “deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens.”

McClung Museum has only been participating in the program since last year but hopes that the word will continue to spread and that the UT community will come together to participate. The faculty at McClung Museum decided to team with the foundation last year after one of its meetings on how best to help the community.

This year, Palado said that members of the community had already asked if the museum would again be participating in the program.

“A number of people had even asked us in the fall if we would be doing it again, so I think hopefully it’ll be something that’s expected,” Palado said.

With three weeks left for the community to be able to drop off gifts at the museum, Palado encouraged people to come by the store and to donate a gift, either by buying one or by directly donating one.

“It’s a great community program, and we work very hard to be an accessible resource for the community,” Palado said. “And in this way, we hope to continue to give back in other ways during the holiday season.”

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Ecology Professor aids in research on toxic snakes Natalia Capella Contributor

Toxic snakes may be smarter than scientists originally believed.

Gordon Burghardt, UT professor in ecology and evolutionary biology, recently helped discover that snakes appear to understand their levels of toxicity.

Along with associate professor at Japan’s Kyoto University Akira Mori, Burghardt studied Japan’s tiger keelback snake, which stores toxins that it acquires from food sources like toxic toads. The snake stores these toxins in specialized organs on the back of its neck in nuchal glands for later use in self-defense.

When keelbacks are threatened, they arch their backs to make these glands more prominent, so that when bitten, predators are more likely receive mouthfuls of toxins. However, not all keelback snakes exhibit this behavior.

To conduct their research, Mori and Burghardt gathered the snakes from Japanese islands without large populations of toxic toads and islands with a plethora of toxic toads. The experiment that led to their discovery involved controlling the snakes’ diets by feeding them either a toxic or non-toxic toad.

The non-toxic snakes that had originally been from the toad-free islands began to exhibit behaviors of self-defense when fed the toxic toads, rather than resorting to their usual fleeing behavior due to their lack of toxins.

Burghardt said that this study was one of the few that have demonstrated snakes’ awareness of their toxic capabilities.

“So far as I know, this is the only example in terrestrial vertebrates where there is some indication that animals act as if they are aware of when they are toxic and when they are not,” Burghardt said, as reported by New Scientist.

While there are plenty of animals that get toxins from their diets, so far there has not been indications that these animals change their behavior because of their diet.

“Poison dart frogs in captivity are not fed the types of food that make them toxic, but their behavior towards predators does not seem to have changed at all,” Burghardt said in the same New Scientist report.

However, the question of how or why these snakes know they’re toxic is still unclear, and further research is needed.

Despite some uncertainties, the results of Mori and Burghardt’s research could have significant impacts on the science community when studying how animals act.

“We are uncovering new details about how

nature works in animals that are important,” Burghardt said. “The methods also help us study other animals as well. The issue with basic research such as this is that we never know in advance how important it may turn out to be.”

However, research on snake toxicity could also affect the fields of medicine, since many of these toxins are used in research to treat a variety of neurological conditions including brain damage, strokes and Alzheimer’s disease.

“Venom and toxins from snakes are being studied as medicines for a variety of illnesses, and our work on the source of toxins and their effects might be useful in this area,” Burghardt said.

Meredith Maroney, senior in journalism and electronic media and Hispanic studies, is the president of student organization Arts and Alzheimer’s, and she said that this research should be pursued if it could help in finding a cure for the disease.

“Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating illness … With more and more people being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, there has to be a greater sense of urgency in finding a cure,” Maroney said. “If this includes researching snake (toxins), I support it … There is too much at stake if a cure is not found.”

Dr. Gordon Burghardt, UT Professor with a research interest in comparative behavior and ethology under ecology and evolutionary biology, displays a reptile.

Courtesy of Dr. Burghardt

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LiterBoard embraces the new, old entertainment Dusty Bryan

Copy Editor

When LiterBoard opened its doors on Aug. 31, Cumberland Ave. gained a new bar.

Prior to its opening, Longbranch Saloon had occupied that building for over 30 years.

Literboard owners and UT alums James Tourville and John-Stephen Sanabria saw potential in the building and knew they could transform it into a hangout spot for college students.

“We were both UT students, and we saw this old building and knew it could be a cool place with a little work,” Tourville said. “The building was dirty and not well-kept before, but we could just see the potential here.”

From a dingy old saloon to a modern bar, the transformation could not have been more dramatic.

Flat-screen televisions now line the walls and are accompanied by comfortable couches and high-top tables where patrons can relax, socialize, drink and watch sports.

The interior of the bar is all wooden, giving it a clean, classic and stylish look.

When asked what set this bar apart from the rising competition within Knoxville’s bar scene, Sanabria said, “We definitely try to offer a friendly atmosphere and strive to know our customers on a first-name basis.

We also try to keep the place clean and looking nice.”

A patron at the bar, Steve Duncan, said, “This bar is definitely a cool and laid-back place to hang out. It’s not too wild and crazy, just a cool place.”

If the welcoming and relaxed atmosphere are not enough to draw in college students, the games might be.

Literboard is filled with many retro gaming consoles, such as the Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube and others, for millennial gamers looking for a nostalgic throwback. There are also PC games and classic bar games available.

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of LiterBoard is the variety of the bar’s selections. The assortment of entertainment and games is matched by the array of food and drinks available.

Literboard has two full bars, one upstairs and one downstairs, that offer 30 beers, 10 of which are available on tap.

The available beers range from domestic classics like Miller Lite and Bud Lite to locally crafted beers from Knoxville-based breweries like Fanatic Brewery and Hexagon Brewery.

Literboard is located on Cumberland Avenue on the main strip.

Emily Gowder / The Daily Beacon One of the more popular beers on tap at Literboard is Knoxville-based Fanatic Brewery’s “Tennessee Blonde.” However, when asked which beer was the bestseller, Sanabria laughed and responded, “Probably Bud Lite or Miller Lite.”

For those who dislike beer, Tourville and Sanabria plan to start selling liquor soon and will have a wide variety of spirits available to complement their large beer selection.

Literboard’s menu lists everything from typical bar snacks to unusual combinations.

The kitchen at LiterBoard opens at 6 p.m. for customers to peruse the interesting and appetizing options.

The bar’s most popular hot dog, the Country Mac, is topped with pimento macaroni and cheese, bacon and green onions.

Another popular hot dog available at Literboard is the Jabroni dog. The Jabroni has a spicy kick originating from Flaming Hot Cheetos and sriracha sauce, which are only a couple of its ingredients. These choices are just a sampling of the bar’s many unconventional entrées.

Patrons can also walk outside the bar to grab some tasty Mexican cuisine from taco vendor C.J’s Tacos. C.J.’s has a tent set up right outside Literboard’s front door and will soon be making tacos inside the bar’s kitchen.

Saying Literboard offers a diverse experience would be a massive understatement.

From the bar’s wide selection of beers to its delicious and bizarre eats and nostalgiainducing classic game consoles, Literboard truly has something for everyone.

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Colonel’s Cafe provides homey atmosphere, delicious eats Emily Lewellyn Contributor

Placed next to the lengthy list of international foods on the menu were the restaurant’s burgers, which stood out to me. According to patrons, the special Big Orange Burger is a Colonel’s favorite. The Knoxville-inspired entree includes bacon, pepper jack, two onion rings, lettuce, tomato, pickle, mayo and mustard, served with fries for $9.95.

Considering the vast variety of diners and meal options, it was no surprise that Luigi, the main cook of the establishment, also brings his background from Florence, Italy, to the menu.

For dessert, the options were semifreddo, a kind of fluffy, sliceable ice cream, and baklava, a sweet pastry with layers of nuts and honey. The latter of the two was suggested to me by a near table, but my large portion of gyro had nearly put me over the edge already, so I had to decline.

Nearing the end of my meal, I was

If you’re searching for tasteful fare and friendly camaraderie, look no further than Colonel’s Cafe, about a 10-minute drive from campus near Sutherland Avenue.

The hole-in-the-wall establishment is a small, one-room restaurant offering a wide variety of menu items. Customers come in and seat themselves at tables covered in classic plastic diner tablecloths.

The cafe was bustling and seemed a little short staffed, with only one waitress. Surprisingly, everyone was served extremely quickly. Not only did the waitress take orders but she also answered phone calls, greeted customers and carried steaming hot dishes to each table with a smile.

Since the menu had a strong assortment of Greek items, I decided to order the gyro on pita, which was quite tasty.

The accompanying fries were cooked perfectly: lightly crisp on the outside and soft on the inside.

As it neared the peak lunch time, a short line began to form at the door.

There was a diverse showing of demographics arriving to eat in this small, cozy atmosphere: university students, longtime regulars reading newspapers and established working persons.

As for must-haves at the cafe, pick the Colonel’s Potatoes for your side. The fried, chive-laden goodness of this starch is comfort on a plate.

For breakfast, the egg sandwich on rye named “The George” is a cheap $2.99 filler, and I was even able to meet the Bearden customer who has ordered it for so many years that it was named after him. Another option is the Mediterranean Breakfast, featuring housemade hummus, Colonel’s Cafe is located in West and a lighter cuisine than the typical Knoxville.

Kaitlyn Marlowe / The Daily Beacon heavy American breakfast.

joined by a faithful customer of Colonel’s and discussed the various outstanding points of the atmosphere. The staff and customers alike are extremely friendly and foster a connection within the cramped walls over an appreciation for good food.

Undoubtedly, I’ll be back to Colonel’s soon. Having lived in Knoxville my whole

life, I was quite surprised that I had never heard of Colonel’s Café before. The quaint, affordable and delicious eatery is not one to miss next time friends visit, and the restaurant’s community feeling is perfect for showing someone around the Scruffy City.

Colonel’s Cafe is a small restaurant that offers a wide variety of menu items.

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Words can cost a life Hancen Sale

As It Stands

I had come out as gay just a few weeks before.

The all-but-timid high schooler I was felt desperate to spread a message I had long thought about but had never been able to make public. There was a profound — perhaps lifesaving — importance to the message I would share on my meagerly-designed blog.

Now free to express myself, I clicked publish. The world of social media knew just exactly what I had thought in private for so long: “God thinks it’s okay to be gay.”

Though never quite heralding the Southern Baptist vision, my home subscribed to the Christian faith; growing up, I said my prayers each night, rarely taking to heart the words I had repeated since a toddler.

Until then, some of life’s most strenuous moments had played out in a church pew. I still remember my mother barreling to the altar after losing our grandfather, a rare glimpse of pain in her.

Our Christian faith was evident in our practices but rarely a topic of conversation. As for myself, I was never the child who memorized Bible verses and loved vacation Bible school. Too busy dealing with life — a bitter divorce, an addicted father, an anxietyladen self — my childhood faith was unexamined and simple. It was hope, as uncomprehending as it was.

As the teen years arrived, the personal turmoil would become thicker. Not only would I lose my drug-addicted father, I would come to terms with my sexuality — something Christianity had a keen ability to suppress in me. Although I attended a Methodist

church, I had long heard of the eternal hell ahead of me. Choosing to be gay was a heinous sin in the eyes of God; claiming it as permissible may have been the only thing worse.

The peril of my future would change when I read Rob Bell’s “Love Wins” — ironically, not about gay rights. I often claim Bell’s book as one of the most influential in my life. However, it was not the theology which struck me but rather the invitation to think freely. A couple years later, I felt empowered and, for the first time in my life, okay with my sexuality.

Soon, in an attempt to evade the likes of backroom gossip, I would send out a post on social media undeniably confirming it: “I am gay.” What was once my worst nightmare became a tremendous sigh of relief.

From that day on, I could live completely as myself.

My former fears were now published. With a broad array of biblical references, I proclaimed God’s endorsement of homosexuality. For once, I felt proud.

Sure, there were social consequences for coming out, but the internal ramifications were my priorities at the time. Guided and mentored by many incredible individuals, this blog post had been one of the high points of my life. For the first time in my life, I believed in my own sanctity and worth in the eyes of God. A few short hours after that momentous blog was published, I received a text message from a good friend. Although I hadn’t seen him in a few years, he felt compelled to dispute my publication. In fact, he assured me God did not find my sexuality acceptable

— instead, I had only indulged in the temptations of the (very real) Satan. Disguised with a humble “we,” he told me I was fallen from the beginning — that all of us humans were dirty sinners, incapable of good without some inkling of the Almighty. But, fear not, God gave me the capability to change — all I needed to do was submit to God more vigorously, to follow him more closely, to love him more and to follow his rules with more precision.

Although powerless today, I will never forget the potency of those words back then. They were demoralizing to my young spirit. They blew away the selfworth I had worked so hard to find. But I was strong; I had a support system to hold me up in my anguish.

I am writing this precisely for those that don’t have that support system. My friend had no idea what I was struggling with. I could have been thinking about self-harm, or, even worse, ending my life. So many gay and queer teens are contemplating those kinds of things.

Remember, expressing your own religious beliefs to someone struggling could very well come at the cost of a human life.

Think before you speak. Please, I beg of you. Think before you speak.

Hancen A. Sale is a sophomore in business administration and Philosophy and can be reached at hsale@vols.utk.edu.

Playing Sid Meier’s ‘Civilization V’

Jack Fowler

Civilized Gaming

I was at the beach with my parents when I got bored and decided to browse Steam for a new game to play.

I had some cash and my trusty laptop, so I set out to find a dope new experience. And after some searching, I stumbled across a game that I’d heard a lot of great things about: “Civilization V.” I bought it on a curious whim and tried playing it that very night. The game just sucked me in, and I was hooked. Later that night, my mom wound up barging into my room.

“You still haven’t gone to bed? Jack, it’s five in the morning!” she remarked. I couldn’t believe that I had actually played so much.

Since then, I’ve been a huge fan of Sid Meier. I’ve only played the fifth game, but the formula is classic.

This is a turn-based strategy game in which different players or nations vie for resources, land and power.

You build up your civilization from the Stone Age, eventually developing aircraft carriers and hydroelectric plants. Along the way, you can trade with other players, collaborate with them, spy on them, betray them, go to war with them and even do research with them. It’s one of the most complex strategy games I’ve ever played, and it does such a great job of teaching me those mechanics so that I can succeed.

I mean, this game has an entirely optional religion

mechanic, one that doesn’t mean too much in the early game. However, investing in religion will boost the culture of your empire, which will help in so many profound ways. If you invest heavily enough, then you will even bolster your tourism, which could seriously help you win the end game. There is a lot of rich variety in how you want to play, and it truly makes you feel like you are in command of a budding civilization.

It’s that feeling of control and direction that make the series so addictive to play. Like I said, I binged for six hours the first time I ever played. I played a game of it on a six-hour car ride, too; there was an outlet in the cool car we rented. In the course of that one game, I fought back against the other powers, defeated the German invaders, made peace with the Greek city-states and expanded my borders. Down and back, I played a total of about 13 hours. And those are just two examples! Let’s not even talk about how many times I’ve gone to Hodges to do work and wound up building a Roman empire instead.

The great part about “Civilization” is that it truly challenges your intellect and strategy. There’s no button mashing and not much luck, either. This game is about diplomacy, and it tasks you with war, peace, science, progress and innovation. Each game is always a challenge, but it’s a challenge that I rel-

ish because I’ll just keep building better and better empires.

Also, did you hear about the Gandhi glitch? It’s one of the best glitches in gaming. Gandhi is so peaceful a player that, when he hits peak peacefulness, the game code actually doesn’t recognize his negative non-violence. It defaults and resets, giving Gandhi maximum aggression just in time for him to discover nuclear bombs.

So yeah, Gandhi’s crazy. Never trust Gandhi.

Jack Fowler is a senior in industrial engineering and can be reached at dfowler7@vols.utk.edu.

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SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • Thursday, November 9, 2017

FOOTBALL

Vols looking to snap SEC losing streak against Missouri Damichael Cole

Asst. Sports Editor Conference play hasn’t been kind to the Tennessee Volunteers in 2017. They are off to a 0-5 start in conference play and are in dire need of a win.

Saturday’s matchup against the Missouri Tigers is their next opportunity, one that they likely won’t win easily.

The Tigers are known for their quick-strike offense that can garner points quickly. So far this season, Missouri is averaging 36.6 points per game, due in large part to a passing attack style that has been very successful.

Missouri Quarterback Drew Lock leads the SEC in passing yards, throwing for over 2700 yards this season. He also leads the nation in passing touchdowns, with 31 this season.

“I think when you look at the quarterback fundamentals, in terms of playing the position, he has as quick of a release as anybody,” Butch Jones said. “He’s going to play for a long time on Sundays.”

So far this season, the secondary’s performance has gone under the radar due to the team’s defensive struggles, but they will have another chance to show their strength this week.

The passing defense has allowed just 150 yards per game this season, ranking fourth in the nation.

While they’ll be counted on to hold their own against the receivers, they may not be the main ingredient in slowing down the Tiger’s explosive attack.

Missouri’s offense leads the nation in the least amount of loss yardage plays.

Against an offense with a quick tempo, plays which emphasize lost yardage can be the best approach. In their last game, defensive ends Darrell Taylor and Kyle Phillips each had two sacks against Southern Miss, while the team had 10 tackles for loss.

“It’s very important; coach has been stressing that a lot all year,” Shy Tuttle said. “(With) tempo offenses, you have to get them behind the line and sticks.”

The success of Taylor and Phillips has led to a possibility of their starting together against the Tigers. Jonathan Kongbo, who was suspended against Southern Miss, started the previous eight games but may be the third defensive end in the rotation this weekend.

“He’s going to have to earn that playing time back,” Jones said.

Offensively, the Vols will have quarterback Jarrett Guarantano back.

Last week against Southern Miss, Guarantano

got off to his best start of a game this season before leaving due to an ankle injury. While Guarantano is expected to get the start, Jones is prepping backup quarterback Will McBride if Guarantano isn’t able to play.

Along the offensive line, questions of injury still remain.

Brett Kendrick and Drew Richmond are Nigel Warrior, #18, and Darrell Taylor, #19, during the game still questionable, against Southern Miss at Neyland Stadium on Nov. 4, 2017. according to Jones. Adrien Terricabras / The Daily Beacon Without those two Last week, the Vols snapped their overall linemen, the Vols could only have six healthy offensive linemen for four-game losing streak. Still, there is another losing streak that they are looking to snap. The the second consecutive week.

The receiver position is also looking to receive Vols have lost their last six conference games some good news in regard to injuries. Marquez dating back to last season against Vanderbilt.

Callaway is listed as questionable but could see Ironically enough, that last win came against Missouri 63-37. practice time later in the week.

This game will be the Vols’ third consecutive “The status really hasn’t changed with Marquez yet,” Jones said. “We’ll know a little bit night game, kicking off at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial more when we get him out there today and see Stadium on SEC Network. exactly where he’s at.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Davis shines as Lady Vols best Carson-Newman Tyler Wombles

Sports Editor Rennia Davis didn’t play like a freshman on Tuesday night.

Her performance against the Carson-Newman Eagles was akin to that of a chiseled veteran.

Davis scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, pacing Tennessee in its 121-76 exhibition victory over Carson-Newman. Her balanced attack helped even out an offense that had six players reach double-digits in scoring.

“I was really proud of (Davis),” head coach Holly Warlick said. “I thought she attacked the basket well. She took smart shots. She rebounded well. For her first game at the collegiate level, I thought she was outstanding.”

Davis, a Jacksonville, Florida native, led the Lady Vols’ highly-touted freshman class in scoring and rebounding, dominating the Eagles on the floor. She started the game at the forward position and made her presence known from the beginning of the contest.

“I always go back to my jump shot (and criticize it) because that’s what I’m known for,” Davis said. “But I feel like, (in) most other aspects,

offensively, in particular, I did pretty well. Some plays on defense I was kind of lazy, but it was because of fatigue.”

Tennessee won the opening tipoff and scored first on a free throw by freshman guard Evina Westbrook. The Lady Vols led Carson-Newman 27-20 at the end of the first quarter.

Davis and senior forward Jaime Nared combined to score 26 points in the game’s first half, pushing the Lady Vols ahead 52-42 by the conclusion of the first two periods. That margin may not have been as wide as Warlick was hoping it would be by halftime, but Tennessee found no real obstacles to success in the game’s final two quarters.

“The defense was a little sporadic, but after some halftime adjustments we straightened that out a little bit,” Warlick said.

The Lady Vols remained in control of the contest until the final buzzer, recording 69 points in the second half to notch the contest its final 121-76 scoreline. “(The exhibition game) just showed us a lot,” Nared said. “Obviously it was great for the freshmen and great for us to see what we need to work on from now on. It’s different when you’re just practicing and then when you can actually

play a game.

“We haven’t played a game in so long, so it was nice to come out and play finally.”

Davis led Tennessee in scoring and rebounding. She was followed by Nared with 22 points and freshman center Kasiyahna Kushkituah with 10 rebounds.

Tennessee was 52-of-91 shooting against the Eagles, good for a .57 percentage. The Lady Vols only hit one of their 13 3-pointers attempted on the night, though.

The Lady Vols will open the regular season on Sunday, facing off against East Tennessee State at Thompson-Boling Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Warlick’s focus following Tuesday’s game was on the Lady Vols’ matchup with the Buccaneers, expressing the team’s ability to improve before Sunday by delving into the film gained from the contest against the Eagles.

“We just got a great opportunity to get better (in the exhibition game),” Warlick said. “Good footage with the film. We’ll see it, we’ll show it and work on things we need to get better at.”

Freshman guard Anastasia Hayes’ mindset was on Sunday’s matchup as well, but she has already found a confidence that she, and the rest

Rennia Davis, #0, during the game against Carson-Newman at Thompson-Boling Arena on Nov. 7, 2017. Adrien Terricabras / The Daily Beacon of the freshmen on the roster, can take into their first regular season collegiate game.

“I’m actually really glad that we got to do an exhibition game and help me get ready for Sunday,” Hayes said. “So now I know what to expect.”